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CHARLES x.1).4 BBAINERD, o 1? DANV'IDLE VERMONT. Letters Patent Na.72,788, ate December- 31, 1867.

mrnoven BAeuoLDna TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I CHARLES D. BRAIrIERD, of Danville,jin the eounty ofCaledonia, andState of Yermont, have invcnte'd a new and improvedBug-Holden" un d 1 do hereby'dcclare that the following is a full,clear, and

exact' description thereof, which will enable others-skilled in the artto malcera-nd usethel same, reference being.

had to the accompany-ing drawings, forming part'of this spe'cifieatbn.

The present invention consists, firs't, in anovel manner of hanging orarrangingftwo jawsor arms for hold'- ing the month of bugs open whilebeing filled,l by means of which the said' -jaws Orarms can be drawntogether or toward each other to admit of the month of the bag beingeasily placed upon and over them, as well as to accommodate bugs of-'difi'er-ent widths, the jaws or arms when-released immediatelyspringing apart, and thus tightly grasping and firmly holding the bag inits place or position; second, in a novel-'construction orarrangementot' the bag-holder frame, whcreby it cau be adjustcd, and set toacco'mniodate bags of 'different lcngths. In the accompanying plate ofdrawings my mproved bag-holder isillustrate'd- Figure 1 being a viewand-elevation of the holder from its'rcar side, and

` Figure 2 an elevatiou of one end. I i

Similar letters of-reference indieate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the base or stand to the holder. a B,upright bars secured thereto', and braced by crossing stay-rods or barsC. In and between the uprightbars' B a frame, C2, is 'arranged toslideup and down, or in a vertical planc ,this frame being formed ofside upright's, D,'braced`an'd joincd together by crossing stuy-rods',E. The edge F to one of thc uprig'hts D of the-frame Cgflis formcd withratchet-toeth G, at suitable distances apart, with which a spring-level`pawl, H, hung to one of the bare-B of the main portion of'the bagholder,-is arrangcd to interlock, so as to enable the said frame C2 to-besustained or supported'at various heights,

whether more or less great, as andfo'rl a purpose to be hereinafterdescribed. Tothe inncr' edge of each of the side pieces of the frame Gzis'fastened a 'similar spring-band, L, -at one end, with its other loose,iandv there provided with a curved or arc-shuped ja'w or arni, M.N,an'cye inveach of th e'fj'aws'M, to which are hung rods, O, hung to acommon ring or 'loop, 'P,.t-hat,-^through a rod, Q, vi's' connected andhung to a 'tre'adle or lever, R, hung to the frame C, so as to move upand down in a vertical'plan'e. By pressing down upon the'treadle R,thejaws will-be drawn together or toward each other, when, removing thefoot therefrom, the jaws, by the action of the spring-bands L, to' whichthey are fastened, will be 'immediately thrownv 'apart' or away fromeach other. T, pins, sharpcned at the ir points,` and inserted in 'theouterisi'de ofthe jaws or 'arms MQ U, a hopper, supported above the jawsM by and'upon a wireor other'vsuitable frame, V, that is fastened to themoving frame O. Having thus described the construction of my improvedbag-holder, I will procecd to explain the manner in which the same isused. v

'i First, talre the month of the bag in hand, press upon the treadle Runtil the jaws M are drawn together sufliciently to admit of thebag-mouthbeng placed upon and between them; remove the foot from thesaid'treadle R, and the jaws immcdiately spring apart, fi'rruly bindingthe bag upon them, andthere holding it withits mouth open, the pins inthc-saidjaws piereing the sides of the bag, and cons'equ'ently acting tomore `pcrfectly Secure it thcreon. Now release the pawl H from the teethon the side to the frame 0, and raisve such frame until the bag issuspendcd Ebove the floorsufficicnt-ly, when, Secure' the frame byinterlocking the' said pawl with the.

ratchet-tccth. Into the hopper then pour the grain or other materialwith which it is to be filled, or nearly so, when, from such hopper itwill pass down into the bag through its open month, when, the bag havingbeen suf'- ficiently fillerl', it is removed by lowering the frame Cl2and prcssing down upon the treadle sufficiently to allow the jaws to bore'adily released thercfrom.

Before raising the bag from the ground, by sliding the frame up the bagcan bo partially-filled with the grain or other material, and, if atwo-bushel bag, one bushel can be'putin while it is closcd, when,raising the bag suffieiently, the other bushel maybe poured into thesame, it being rendered much easier by that mode.

What I claim as new, and dcsireito secure by Letters Patent, isi Thecombination of the spring-bands L, seeured at one end to the slidingframe 02,'jaws M, eyes N,^rods O and'Q, and trcadie R, all arranged andOperating as herein described, for the purpsc specified.

CHARLES D. BRAI'NERD. l

Witnesses:

Hmun Bnarnnnn, Geo. W. Baxrun.

